尼希米記 12
1 同着撒拉鐵的兒子所羅巴伯和耶書亞回來的祭司與利未人記在下面：祭司是西萊雅、耶利米、以斯拉、
Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Yeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 亞瑪利雅、瑪鹿、哈突、
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 示迦尼、利宏、米利末、
Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 易多、近頓、亞比雅、
Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
5 米雅民、瑪底雅、璧迦、
Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6 示瑪雅、約雅立、耶大雅、
Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 撒路、亞木、希勒家、耶大雅。這些人在耶書亞的時候作祭司和他們弟兄的首領。
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Yeshua.
8 利未人是耶書亞、賓內、甲篾、示利比、猶大、瑪他尼。這瑪他尼和他的弟兄管理稱謝的事。
Moreover the Levites were Yeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving songs, he and his brothers.
9 他們的弟兄八布迦和烏尼照自己的班次與他們相對。
Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were close to them according to their offices.
10 耶書亞生約雅金；約雅金生以利亞實；以利亞實生耶何耶大；
Yeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,
11 耶何耶大生約拿單；約拿單生押杜亞。
and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.
12 在約雅金的時候，祭司作族長的西萊雅族有米拉雅；耶利米族有哈拿尼雅；
In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ households: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13 以斯拉族有米書蘭；亞瑪利雅族有約哈難；
of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
14 米利古族有約拿單；示巴尼族有約瑟；
of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
15 哈琳族有押拿；米拉約族有希勒愷；
of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
16 易多族有撒迦利亞；近頓族有米書蘭；
of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
17 亞比雅族有細基利；米拿民族某；摩亞底族有毗勒太；
of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
18 璧迦族有沙母亞；示瑪雅族有約拿單；
of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
19 約雅立族有瑪特乃；耶大雅族有烏西；
of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20 撒來族有加萊；亞木族有希伯；
of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
21 希勒家族有哈沙比雅；耶大雅族有拿坦業。
of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
22 至於利未人，當以利亞實、耶何耶大、約哈難、押杜亞的時候，他們的族長記在冊上。波斯王大流士在位的時候，作族長的祭司也記在冊上。
As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Yochanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
23 利未人作族長的記在歷史上，直到以利亞實的兒子約哈難的時候。
The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ households, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Yochanan the son of Eliashib.
24 利未人的族長是哈沙比雅、示利比、甲篾的兒子耶書亞，與他們弟兄的班次相對，照着神人大衛的命令一班一班地讚美稱謝。
The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Yeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers close to them, to praise and give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, section next to section.
25 瑪他尼、八布迦、俄巴底亞、米書蘭、達們、亞谷是守門的，就是在庫房那裏守門。
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.
26 這都是在約撒達的孫子、耶書亞的兒子約雅金和省長尼希米，並祭司文士以斯拉的時候，有職任的。
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Yeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest and scribe.
27 耶路撒冷城牆告成的時候，眾民就把各處的利未人招到耶路撒冷，要稱謝、歌唱、敲鈸、鼓瑟、彈琴，歡歡喜喜地行告成之禮。
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.
28 歌唱的人從耶路撒冷的周圍和尼陀法的村莊與伯‧吉甲，又從迦巴和押瑪弗的田地聚集，因為歌唱的人在耶路撒冷四圍為自己立了村莊。
The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;
also from Beth Gilgal and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.
30 祭司和利未人就潔淨自己，也潔淨百姓和城門，並城牆。
The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
31 我帶猶大的首領上城，使稱謝的人分為兩大隊，排列而行：第一隊在城上往右邊向糞廠門行走，
Then I brought the princes of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall towards the dung gate;
32 在他們後頭的有何沙雅與猶大首領的一半，
and after them went Hoshaiah, with half of the princes of Judah,
33 又有亞撒利雅、以斯拉、米書蘭、
and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
34 猶大、便雅憫、示瑪雅、耶利米。
Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
35 還有些吹號之祭司的子孫，約拿單的兒子撒迦利亞。約拿單是示瑪雅的兒子；示瑪雅是瑪他尼的兒子；瑪他尼是米該亞的兒子；米該亞是撒刻的兒子；撒刻是亞薩的兒子；
and some of the priests’ sons with shofars: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;
36 又有撒迦利亞的弟兄示瑪雅、亞撒利、米拉萊、基拉萊、瑪艾、拿坦業、猶大、哈拿尼，都拿着神人大衛的樂器，文士以斯拉引領他們。
and his brothers, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.
37 他們經過泉門往前，從大衛城的臺階隨地勢而上，在大衛宮殿以上，直行到朝東的水門。
By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of David’s city, at the ascent of the wall, above David’s house, even to the water gate eastward.
38 第二隊稱謝的人要與那一隊相迎而行。我和民的一半跟隨他們，在城牆上過了爐樓，直到寬牆；
The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people on the wall above the tower of the furnaces, even to the wide wall,
39 又過了以法蓮門、古門、魚門、哈楠業樓、哈米亞樓，直到羊門，就在護衛門站住。
and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate; and they stood still in the gate of the guard.
40 於是，這兩隊稱謝的人連我和官長的一半，站在上帝的殿裏。
So the two companies of those who gave thanks in God’s house stood, and I and the half of the rulers with me;
41 還有祭司以利亞金、瑪西雅、米拿民、米該亞、以利約乃、撒迦利亞、哈楠尼亞吹號；
and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with shofars;
42 又有瑪西雅、示瑪雅、以利亞撒、烏西、約哈難、瑪基雅、以攔，和以謝奏樂。歌唱的就大聲歌唱，伊斯拉希雅管理他們。
and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
43 那日，眾人獻大祭而歡樂；因為上帝使他們大大歡樂，連婦女帶孩童也都歡樂，甚至耶路撒冷中的歡聲聽到遠處。
They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far away.
44 當日，派人管理庫房，將舉祭、初熟之物和所取的十分之一，就是按各城田地，照律法所定歸給祭司和利未人的分，都收在裏頭。猶大人因祭司和利未人供職，就歡樂了。
On that day, men were appointed over the rooms for the treasures, for the wave offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them according to the fields of the cities the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who served.
45 祭司利未人遵守上帝所吩咐的，並守潔淨的禮。歌唱的、守門的，照着大衛和他兒子所羅門的命令也如此行。
They performed the duty of their God and the duty of the purification, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and of Solomon his son.
46 古時，在大衛和亞薩的日子，有歌唱的伶長，並有讚美稱謝上帝的詩歌。
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
47 當所羅巴伯和尼希米的時候，以色列眾人將歌唱的、守門的，每日所當得的分供給他們，又給利未人當得的分；利未人又給亞倫的子孫當得的分。
All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, as every day required; and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.
